New Mobile Version Of Blog

I have just found out that Blogger have a mobile rendering of blogs now available for Smartphones (details here).

I have switched the feature on and if anybody has the opportunity to try it out could they please let me know how they get on.

The main link is  http://thoughtsandthingsblog.blogspot.com  which should redirect to the mobile site.

The direct link to the mobile site is http://thoughtsandthingsblog.blogspot.com/?m=1 

Sweet Shot Tuesday 2812

This shot comes from the Tiffin Teahouse and Eatery in Clevedon, North Somerset.

To me the shot reflects the nature of the establishment. Warm and cosy, smart and relaxed.

From Thoughts And Things

Country Fog

What a change in temperature! After a 13c rise in temperature over the last 3 days the snow which has got in our way for the last few weeks has almost completely melted. It felt like a warm spring day out and about so it was time for a walk around the village.

There was a low lying fog over the fields and I captured these as I went:

Sweet Shot Tuesday 21/12

With Christmas just a few days away I suppose that a few Christmassy images are going to find their way onto this board. After some somewhat disappointing Bokeh shots I took some images of decorations on the tree. I was somewhat taken with this one.



Camera: Panasonic
Model: DMC-FZ8
ISO: 400
Exposure: 1/5 sec
Aperture: 2.8
Focal Length: 6mm
Flash Used: No

Google Ad(non)sense

Wow - what a weekend that was. With the UK and Europe in the grip of winter I made my way to the local city of Bristol to be met by clear dry streets and a biting wind. A few cold people scurried from shop-to-stop trying to keep the Christmas spirit alive and the stall holders in the Christmas Market were trying to keep warm with free coffee from one of the Starbucks stores which had closed due to problems with the plumbing.

Our Christmas tree was finally erected having being bought last weekend, a little earlier then usual due to press reports that trees were going to be in short supply this year. It was true that when I arrived at the Garden Centre I was greeted with a "that's all that's left mate". That was fine with me. The choice was not difficult, there was little to choose from. A fine tree was chosen and is now standing adorned with the customary lights and ornaments.

It was during my shopping excursion today, when munching on a Burger King Angus Burger with Bacon & Cheese that I decided to kill off Google Adsense from the blog, at least for now. The astute amongst you who have visited before will have noticed the Google Adsense ads in two places. No more. The sense bit refers to how Google scans your blogs and displays ads based on the content of your entry.

Planning to blog but not blogging to plan

As this is a new blog I sat down in the week and drew up a plan. In the plan it said things like. Choose a direction to go in (technology, photography, etc). Write x number of articles a week. Make certain changes changes to the blog to make it more user friendly.

I sat down on the train and started to draft a blog entry and this isn't it. What I have already learned in my short blogging time is that things change. What I started to write then I don't want to publish now. You see I'm a technology person, a logical person, everything needs a plan. Not necessarily a project plan or an implementation plan but at least know your next steps. Right or wrong? Well I think both actually.

Snow Returns To The UK

Snow has returned to the UK overnight.

Here are a couple of images taken at Cardiff Bay this morning.